1,824 Quotes by Jodi Picoult

It turns out that sharing the past with someone is different from reliving it when you’re alone. It feels less like a wound, more like a poultice.

It doesn't matter what it is that leaves a hole inside you. It just matters that it’s there.

Nobody, who looks at a shard of flint lying beneath a rock ledge, or who finds a splintered log by the side of the road would ever find magic in their solitude. But in the right circumstances, if you bring them together, you can start a fire that consumes the world.

As for his name, well, what attorney wouldn’t want to be able put a Judge in a crate every now and then?

You might not write well every day, but you can always edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page.

And the very act of living is a tide; at first it seems to make no difference at all, and then one day you look down and see how much pain has eroded.

When you don’t know where you’re headed, you find places no one else would ever explore.

Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude. It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.

She thought of death like the seam of a hem: each time you lose someone close, it unraveled a little. You could still go along with your life, but you’d be forever tripping over something you previously took for granted.